Ubisoft’s The Division: Resurgence is hardcore experience on mobile | Hands-on preview
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Ubisoft showed off gameplay from Tom Clancy’s The Division: Resurgence, a new free-to-play, third-person shooter RPG mobile game from the Tom Clancy’s The Division franchise.
The Division Resurgence is a “canon opus” featuring a new storyline, different classes, and challenging enemy factions. The game is coming for iOS and Android devices on the App Store and Google Play. The company highlighted gameplay at its Ubisoft Forward event today, and I played with it hands-on.
This mobile game is a big deal for Ubisoft, and it’s consistent with other similar moves in the game industry. Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Mobile had more than 500 million downloads and it helped to dramatically expand the franchise’s reach. Ubisoft wants to show it is taking the mobile market just as seriously as its rivals have, as mobile is still the biggest game market.
The Division: Resurgence has a new and independent story set in a “vast open world” where they will be free to roam around a detailed urban environment with high-end graphics, the company said.
The game is playable solo or co-op with a variety of player-versus-environment (PvE) activities, from story missions to world activities. This new chapter builds on all of the original game modes, while bringing new gear and weapons to try out.
The Division Resurgence takes place in a contemporary post-crisis New York City and offers a new perspective on key story events that have taken place in The Division and The Division 2.
In The Division, a pandemic spread by paper money wipes out much of humanity and the social order collapses in places like New York City. In the mobile
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